Why Is It 'Snowing' Salt in the Dead Sea?

Drifts of salt up to 13 feet thick collect on the sea bottom.

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Yellow Jacket 'Super Nests' the Size of Cars Are Popping Up in Alabama

Yellow jackets in Alabama may be in the midst of a colossal craze; they're making humongous "super nests" that can house 15,000 worker wasps, according to an entomologist there.

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Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life

It's probably around 1 billion years old.

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Scientists 'Thunderstruck' As Arctic Fox Makes Stunning 2,100-Mile Journey in Just 76 Days

Scientists who tracked the young female were astonished by how fast the little fox traveled from Norway to Canada.

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Lost Palace of a Once-Mighty Empire Unearthed in Iraq

The site was part of the Mittani Empire, a kingdom of the Ancient Near East.

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What Is Trypophobia?

Thousands of people claim to experience trypophobia, or a fear of clustered holes, but science hasn't settled on the origin of their fear.

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What Is Relativity?

Albert Einstein was famous for many things, but his greatest brainchild is the theory of relativity. It forever changed our understanding of space and time.

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